Heroes, Leaders, and Vulnerability

[Music] I was doing a coaching session with someone that triggered this thought and this person was new to leadership part of their deal was they they mostly reported to one person for a long time in their career and suddenly they rose up and had to communicate to many they had to report to many they had to actually lead groups and suddenly communication was different and what he started to experience is a version of vulnerability he’s not used to stepping out and saying how it’s going to be what if he’s wrong what if they don’t like it what if they don’t believe it what if they don’t feel it what if they’re not inspired what if they don’t buy in I mean there so many things and what he was experiencing was the stress of stepping up sometimes you feel vulnerable and there’s emotional risk that goes with stepping up honest ly there’s emotional risk whenever you voice your opinion it’s inherent emotional risk and what I want you to do is appreciate it and accept it it’s part of the evidence that you’re doing something Brave is it makes you feel a little vulnerable and you’re stepping up anyway which makes you courageous so take on the courageous act and do the thing of heroic leadership The Helpful hero that’s going to guide someone to to a better place and allow yourself to have some vulnerability because you’re the one stepping up to save the day